Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '19 at 05:21
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3550 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 85.1 2-Core 212 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 392 54% 399 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz) 146,665 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.81% Terrible	Lighting 1.87 Reflection 1.88 Parallax 1.44 2% 1.73 fps	MRender 3.81 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.57 2% 2.84 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.81% Great: 2%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2043 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 112 Parallax 107 80% 106 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 99.4 80% 96.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 114 104 110 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 176 Write 158 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 111 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 16.1 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 16 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H - $333

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	521x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	435x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	287x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	115x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	103x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	44x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $665

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16